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Self-Harm on the Internet Among Adolescents: Prevalence and Association With Depression, Anxiety, Family Cohesion, and Social Resources. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Manuel Gámez-Guadix,Estíbaliz Mateos,Sebastian Wachs,Marta Blanco
BACKGROUND Using the internet to search for information or share images about self-harm is an emerging risk among young people. The aims of this study were (a) to analyze the prevalence of different types of self-harm on the internet and differences by sex and age, and (b) to examine the relationship of self-harm on the internet with intrapersonal factors (i.e., depression and anxiety) and interpersonal
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Academic Resilience in Mathematics and Science: Europe TIMSS-2019 Data. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Francisco J García-Crespo,Javier Suárez-Álvarez,Rubén Fernández-Alonso,José Muñiz
BACKGROUND Academically resilient students are those who exhibit high performance starting from a disadvantaged socioeconomic situation. This study aims to identify the personal, school, and national factors that are associated with that resilience in the European Union (EU). METHOD The sample comprised 96556 fourth grade students from 21 EU countries participating in TIMSS-2019. Two three-level logistic
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The Role of Transdiagnostic Variables Within Gender Differences in Adolescents' Self Reports of Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Sara Moreno-Mansilla,Jorge J Ricarte,Tom J Barry
BACKGROUND The incidence of suicide attempts peaks during adolescence, with adolescent girls having a higher rate of attempts than boys. Depression is one of the main risk factors of suicidal behaviour and yet not all adolescents with suicidal ideation or attempting suicide have a diagnosable depressive disorder. The present study examined the unique contributions to suicidal ideation and attempting
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Psychometric Properties of the PCS and the PCS-4 in Individuals With Musculoskeletal Pain. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Claudio Bascour-Sandoval,Javier Albayay,Agustín Martínez-Molina,Arlett Opazo-Sepúlveda,Claudia Lacoste-Abarzúa,Diego Bielefeldt-Astudillo,Rubén Gajardo-Burgos,Germán Galvéz-García
BACKGROUND The factor structure of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) has rarely been adequately analyzed (e.g., performing principal component analyses rather than factorial approximations). We aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the PCS through a variety of exploratory and confirmatory factorial approaches. METHOD Three hundred ninety-four Chilean patients with musculoskeletal pain
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Brief Version of the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scales for Children and Adolescents: Evidence of Validity. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Maria Stavraki,Ricardo García-Márquez,Miriam Bajo,Ana I Callejas-Albiñana,Borja Paredes,Darío Díaz
BACKGROUND Well-being has become a core concept in the study of positive child health, however, previous instruments for well-being evaluation have been centered mainly on the hedonic component. Therefore, the objective of this study was to adapt the Psychological Well-being Scales for assessing eudaimonic well-being in children and adolescents using a single-item per dimension approach. METHOD A total
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Psychometric Properties of the Deviant Behavior Variety Scale in Young Spanish Adults. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Aitana Gomis-Pomares,Lidón Villanueva,Miguel Basto-Pereira
BACKGROUND Deviant behavior is a psychosocial problem that has attracted great interest from both the scientific community and society at large due to its prevalence and negative consequences. Valid, reliable measures of deviant behaviors are critical for providing a better understanding of their causes and outcomes. The central aim of the present study was to assess the psychometric properties of
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Measurement Invariance and Validity of the Satisfaction With Life Scale in Informal Caregivers. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 F J García-Castro,Rebecca Bendayan,María J Blanca
BACKGROUND The number of informal caregivers within ageing population is increasing and there is a growing research interest to promote their well-being, and therefore there is a need for adequate measurement tools. We aim to provide validity evidence of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in a representative sample of British older adults, including measurement invariance across caregivers and
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Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Symptom Experience Index. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Judit Cachero-Rodríguez,Álvaro Menéndez-Aller,Mei R Fu,Ana Llaneza-Folgueras,María M Fernández-Alvarez,Rubén Martín-Payo
BACKGROUND Lymphedema is a common late and chronic adverse effect of breast cancer treatment. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the BCLE-SEI Spanish version with Spanish-speaking breast cancer patients. METHOD 286 patients were recruited (2018 to 2020), from the Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Data analysis included descriptive statistics; internal
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Prosodic Skills and Reading Acquisition in Spanish Primary School Children: Analysis Using the PEPS-C Test. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Nuria Calet,Juan López-Almazán,Pastora Martínez-Castilla
BACKGROUND Although previous studies have considered the relationship between prosody skills and the acquisition of reading skills, few have performed comprehensive, simultaneous assessments of different oral language prosody skills and, to our knowledge, none have been carried out in Spanish. Our study analyses the relationship between prosody and reading skills. METHOD Sixty-one second-grade Spanish
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Prevalence and Correlates of Prescription Drug Misuse Among Spanish Adolescents. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Sara Weidberg,Gema Aonso-Diego,Gloria García-Fernández,Roberto Secades-Villa
BACKGROUND Prescription drug (PD) misuse among adolescents constitutes a growing health concern worldwide. This study aimed to provide up-to-date prevalence and correlates of PD misuse (i.e., tranquilizers, opioids and stimulants) among a national representative sample of high-school adolescents in Spain. METHOD We used nationwide data from 36,788 adolescents (51.93% females) aged between 14 and 18
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Neurocognitive Functioning in Adolescents at Risk for Mental Health Problems. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Rebeca Aritio-Solana,Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero,Alicia Pérez-Albéniz,Oliver Mason,Javier Ortuño-Sierra
BACKGROUND The main goal of the study was to assess the neurocognitive performance in adolescents at high psychometric risk for mental health problems. METHOD A sample of 48 participants at high risk for mental disorders and an age-gender matched healthy comparison group of 48 adolescents were identified from a community-derived sample of 1,509 adolescents. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
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Mental Health, Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Vulnerable Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Laura Vallejo-Slocker,Jesús Sanz,María P García-Vera,Javier Fresneda,Miguel A Vallejo
BACKGROUND The coronavirus pandemic has led to a situation without precedent in modern history. The aim of this study is to analyse the consequences after one year of the pandemic on a group of children and adolescents assessed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and to determine the most effective ways of psychologically coping with this pandemic. METHOD Two different, but equivalent, groups
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Psychological Inflexibility, Anxiety and Depression: The Moderating Role of Cognitive Fusion, Experiential Avoidance and Activation. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Concepción Fernández-Rodríguez,Rocío Coto-Lesmes,Víctor Martínez-Loredo,Marcelino Cuesta-Izquierdo
BACKGROUND Evidence about how cognitive fusion (CF) and experiential avoidance (EA) interact with emotional distress underlines the importance of analyzing the interrelationships between the different processes of psychological inflexibility in order to improve ways of addressing emotional problems. This study analyzes the moderating effect of CF, EA and activation (A) in relation to four criteria
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Polarization of Attitudes as a Function of Mortality Salience: A Meta-Cognitive Analysis. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Javier Horcajo,Pablo Briñol,Borja Paredes,Richard E Petty,Kenneth G DeMarree,Y H M See
BACKGROUND The present study analyzes how attitudes can polarize after reminders of death in the context of persuasion, and proposes that a meta-cognitive process (i.e., self-validation) can serve as a compensatory coping mechanism to deal with mortality salience. METHOD Participants were first asked to read either a strong or a weak resume of a job applicant. Next, they listed their initial thoughts
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: A Large Cross-sectional Study in Spain. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Emma Motrico,Sara Domínguez-Salas,Carmen Rodríguez-Domínguez,Irene Gómez-Gómez,María F Rodríguez-Muñoz,Diego Gómez-Baya
BACKGROUND The current COVID-19 pandemic is a unique stressor with potentially negative consequences for pregnant and postpartum women. We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal depression and anxiety in Spain. METHOD This cross-sectional study was conducted from June to December 2020. A total of 3,356 adult pregnant and postpartum women (with infants up to 6 months of age) from
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The Role of Psychological Maturity and the Big Five Personality Traits in the Victimization Through Indirect Aggression. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Fabia Morales-Vives,Jorge-Manuel Dueñas,Pere J Ferrando
BACKGROUND Peer victimization is a problem that affects adolescents worldwide. Since so few studies have been made on the relationship between maturity and indirect peer victimization, the main objective of this study was to determine if maturity provides incremental validity beyond the personality traits when predicting indirect victimization. Another objective was to test a model of how all these
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Quality of Life and the International Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities: Consensus Indicators for Assessment. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 Laura E Gómez,M L Morán,Susana Al-Halabí,Chris Swerts,Miguel A Verdugo,Robert L Schalock
BACKGROUND The quality of life construct provides an ideal conceptual framework for translating such abstract concepts as self-determination, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. Through consultation with expert raters, we sought to develop and validate a bank of indicators and items, based on the quality of life conceptual framework, to be used as a means of evaluating and implementing the Articles
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Overviews of Reviews: Concept and Development. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-05-01 José A López-López,María Rubio-Aparicio,Julio Sánchez-Meca
BACKGROUND In the last years, overviews of systematic reviews, or umbrella reviews, have seen a dramatic increase in their use. An overview aims to provide a summary of the included reviews and will often examine research questions beyond those addressed in the systematic reviews being synthesised. The purpose of this article is to provide some recommendations on how overviews should be conducted and
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Validation of a Cooperative Learning Measurement Questionnaire From a Teaching Perspective. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 José A Prieto-Saborit,David Méndez-Alonso,Feliciano Ordóñez-Fernández,José R Bahamonde
BACKGROUND Having measurement tools for assessing the application of cooperative learning from the teaching perspective is essential for the successful implementation of this methodology in schools. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a tool created from the five essential elements of cooperative learning: positive interdependence, face-to-face interaction, individual responsibility
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Validation of the Orgasm Rating Scale in the Context of Masturbation. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Oscar Cervilla,Pablo Vallejo-Medina,Carmen Gómez-Berrocal,Denis de la Torre,Juan C Sierra
BACKGROUND The Orgasm Rating Scale (ORS) assesses the subjective experience of orgasm. Its psychometric properties have only been examined in the context of sexual intercourse. This study aims to validate the ORS in the context of solitary masturbation. METHODS A sample of 1,171 men and 1,424 women aged 18-83 years ( M = 40.51, SD = 12.07) completed the ORS in the solitary masturbation context along
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Assessing Self-Care in Psychologists: A Spanish Adaptation of the SCAP Scale. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Marta Garrido-Macías,Gemma Sáez,María Alonso-Ferres,Manuel J Ruiz,Celia Serrano-Montilla,Francisca Expósito
BACKGROUND Psychologists' increased workload over recent years has highlighted the importance of using self-care strategies that allow these professionals to become aware of and control their overall health. Despite the importance of these strategies, there is no instrument adapted for measuring them in the Spanish population. Therefore, this study presents an adaptation of the Self-Care Assessment
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The Association Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Need Threat Following Ostracism in Spanish Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Age. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Estíbaliz Royuela-Colomer,Izaskun Orue,Dongning Ren,Liria Fernández-González
BACKGROUND Ostracism -being ignored and excluded- entails risks for adolescent mental health. Less is known about the factors that are negatively associated with the adverse consequences of ostracism. This study explored the association between dispositional mindfulness and need threat following social exclusion using the Cyberball paradigm. Sex and age were included as moderators of the relationship
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Positive Peer Perception, Social Anxiety and Classroom Social Adjustment as Risk Factors in Peer Victimization: A Multilevel Study. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Eva M Romera,Rocío Luque,Rosario Ortega-Ruiz,Olga Gómez-Ortiz,Antonio Camacho
OBJECTIVE Individual risks factors of peer victimization have been widely identified in children and adolescents. However, little is known about how the classroom context may increase or decrease the frequency of victimization. The present short-term prospective longitudinal study used a a person-by-environment approach to examine whether peer perception and social anxiety, along with class social
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Improving Literacy Competence and Social and Emotional Competencies in Primary Education Through Cooperative Project-Based Learning. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Vicente J Llorent,Antonio L González-Gómez,David P Farrington,Izabela Zych
BACKGROUND Cooperative learning and Project-Based Learning are methodologies that can promote learning environments and improve learning, school achievement, and social and emotional competencies. METHOD A mixed combination of these two methodologies called Cooperative Project-Based Learning was designed, and a quasi-experimental evaluation study with a pre-test and a post-test was conducted with a
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Differences About Reasons and Sources of Information for Choosing Degree Courses. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Débora Areces,Luis J Rodríguez-Muñiz
BACKGROUND Only a few months before starting university, more than 50% of Spanish high-school students do not know what course to choose. Data from the Ministry of Education show that dropout rates reach 40% in some Spanish communities. This study aims to analyse the most important reasons behind students' choices of degree course and the sources of information they use to help them choose depending
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Assessment of Adaptive Performance and its Role as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Person-Organization Fit and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Arantxa Gorostiaga,Nekane Balluerka,Alexander Rodríguez-López
BACKGROUND Adaptive performance is of central interest for today's organizations, insofar as employees increasingly need to be able to adjust their behaviors to dynamic, changing work situations. The aims of this study were to develop a Spanish adaptation of Charbonnier-Voirin and Roussel's (2012) scale for measuring adaptive performance, and to examine whether the dimensions of adaptive performance
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The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: A Longitudinal Study. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Berta Ausín,Clara González-Sanguino,Miguel A Castellanos,Jesús Sáiz,Sara Zamorano,Carlos Vaquero,Manuel Muñoz
BACKGROUND This study aims to longitudinally assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the general Spanish population. It uses four assessment points: two weeks after the start of confinement, one month after, two months after, and one year after the first evaluation. METHODS Evaluations were conducted through an online survey, with a sample of 3,480 people at the first data collection
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Should we Help our Children with Homework? A Meta-Analysis Using PISA Data. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Rubén Fernández-Alonso,Marcos Álvarez-Díaz,Francisco J García-Crespo,Pamela Woitschach,José Muñiz
BACKGROUND The role of homework in students' academic performance is a widely debated topic about which there is no definitive answer. The objective of this study was to analyse the importance of parental help with homework in academic achievement, testing its cultural invariance (by country), academic invariance (by subject), and the stability of its effects over time. METHOD A meta-analysis was performed
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Brooding Rumination and Anxiety Sensitivity: Associations With Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Treatment-seeking Smokers. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Carmela Martínez-Vispo,Ana López-Durán,Carmen Senra,Elisardo Becoña
BACKGROUND This study explores the shared and specific associations of brooding rumination and anxiety sensitivity to depression and anxiety symptomatology in a sample of treatment-seeking smokers. METHODS The sample was composed of 275 treatment-seeking adult smokers. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the relations of both variables with depressive and anxiety symptoms
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Coping Profiles and their Relationship with Self-compassion in Childhood. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 María M Ferradás Canedo,Carlos Freire Rodríguez,Lucía Prada Palmeiro,José C Núñez,Susana Rodríguez Martínez
INTRODUCTION In line with the growing attention to mental health and stress in children, the present study analyzed the existence of differentiated profiles of coping in response to everyday stressors. The study also examined whether the identified profiles differed in levels of self-compassion. METHOD 487 children (9 - 12 years old), selected by convenience sampling, participated in the study. A cross-sectional
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A Comparison of Personal Recovery in Adults with Early Psychosis and Prolonged Schizophrenia. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Helena García-Mieres,Paul Lysaker,Bethany L Leonhardt
BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate whether personal recovery levels differ between those in early vs prolonged phases of psychosis and if there are different associations with objective outcomes of recovery (i.e., symptom severity and level of functioning). METHOD Participants included 131 patients with early psychosis and 83 patients with prolonged psychosis. The Recovery Assessment Scale was used
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Unified Protocol in a Group Format for Improving Specific Symptoms of Emotional Disorders in the Spanish Public Health System. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Jorge Osma,María V Navarro Haro,Óscar Peris Baquero,Carlos Suso Ribera
BACKGROUND The Unified Protocol (UP) for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders (EDs) has demonstrated its efficacy in improving dimensions shared by EDs, but there is insufficient evidence regarding the specific symptoms of each ED. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of the UP applied in a group format compared with individual Treatment as Usual (TAU), in improving
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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies in Spain: From IAPT to PsicAP. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Antonio Cano-Vindel,Paloma Ruiz-Rodríguez,Juan A Moriana,Leonardo A Medrano,César González-Blanch,Elisa Aguirre,Roger Muñoz-Navarro
BACKGROUND Anxiety and depression are very prevalent in primary care, with high rates of chronic cases, comorbidity and lost quality of life, along with huge economic costs. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) project, launched in the United Kingdom in 2007, has become an international benchmark for the treatment of common mental disorders. In Spain, Psicofundación developed the
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[Decalogue for the Factor Analysis of Test Items]. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Pere J Ferrando,Urbano Lorenzo-Seva,Ana Hernández-Dorado,José Muñiz
Decalogue for the Factor Analysis of Test Items. BACKGROUND In the study of the psychometric properties of the items of a test, a fundamental aspect is the analysis of their dimensional structure. The objective of this work is to provide some guidelines that allow the factor analysis of the items to be carried out in a rigorous and systematic way. METHOD A review of the recent psychometric literature
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Validation of the Explanations of Adolescent-to-Parent Violence Scale. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Helena Cortina,Ana M Martín
BACKGROUND Adolescent-to-parent violence (APV) is a social problem that is seldom addressed from a psychosocial level of analysis. This work aims to fill this gap by developing the Escala de Explicaciones de la Violencia Filioparental (EEVFP), an instrument to measure APV explanations given spontaneously by ordinary people. METHOD The sample was composed of 763 men and women aged 15 to 79, with and
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Is Correcting for Acquiescence Increasing the External Validity of Personality Test Scores? Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Ana Hernández-Dorado,Andreu Vigil-Colet,Urbano Lorenzo-Seva,Pere J Ferrando
BACKGROUND Balanced scales control for acquiescence (ACQ) because the tendency of the respondent to agree with the positive items is cancelled out by the tendency to agree with opposite-pole items. When full balance is achieved, ACQ is not expected to affect external validity. Otherwise, attenuated estimates are expected to appear if no control methods such as Lorenzo-Seva & Ferrando's (2009) are used
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A Proposal for Evaluating Psychosocial Trauma. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Loreto Villagran,Amalio Blanco,Julio Olea,Marian Bilbao
BACKGROUND The objective of the study was to design and validate the Psychosocial Trauma Scale (ETAPS) for assessing psychosocial consequences of collective violence. This instrument proposed the following dimensions: Pre-traumatic Situation, Destruction of Fundamental Beliefs, Intergroup Emotions, and Family and Community Destruction. METHOD A total of 382 people participated who had been affected
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Validation of a Scale for Assessing Bystander Responses in Bullying. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 David Álvarez-García,Robert Thornberg,Zara Suárez-García
BACKGROUND This study sought to analyse the metric properties of the scores obtained with an adaptation of the Student Bystander Behaviour Scale (SBBS; Thornberg & Jungert, 2013) in Spanish primary-school students and to examine the types of responses students reported as witnesses to school bullying, along with their relationship to empathy. METHOD The Spanish adaptation of the SBBS and a self-report
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Context Properties Modulate Flavor Neophobia Habituation. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Lucía Vicente,Luis G De la Casa
BACKGROUND One issue that has received relatively little attention in the analyses of the neophobic responses to a novel flavor is the influence of the context in which the flavor is first encountered, along with the effect of this context on the habituation of neophobia when the flavor is repeatedly consumed. Considering the predictions of the Contextual Safety Hypothesis, which proposes that the
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Linguistic Competence in Early Childhood Education as a Predictor of Verbal Naming Speed. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Encarnación Hernández-Pérez,José A Rabadán-Rubio,Delia Cayuelas-Abellán,Arianna Giorgi,Ana Gallego-Martínez
BACKGROUND This study determined the predictive value of linguistic competence in children in Early Childhood Education for verbal naming speed. METHOD The participants were 86 pupils in the second Early Childhood Education cycle. They were evaluated with WPPSI-IV Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence (Verbal Comprehension, VC) and Vocabulary Acquisition, VA; Childish Vocabulary Test (Vavel)
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Valence, Arousal and Concreteness Mediate Word Association. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Francisco Buades-Sitjar,Clara Planchuelo,Andoni Duñabeitia
BACKGROUND Given the impact of lexical properties such as valence, arousal, and concreteness in language processing, recent computational methods have been designed to extrapolate these values from different sources, such as word co-occurrence or word association corpora. These methods have been proven to be particularly successful approaches to extract lexical features from word association data.
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University Dropout in Engineering: Motives and Student Trajectories. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Joana R Casanova,Rosa Vasconcelos,Ana B Bernardo,Leandro S Almeida
BACKGROUND Dropout in higher education is a concern for students, families, educational institutions, and society. Tertiary education is an important mechanism for empowering people and STEM courses are vital to countries' development. METHOD The study combined quantitative and qualitative data. Step 1 was an analysis of personal and contextual variables in a comprehensive examination of dropout in
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Persistence and Academic Expectations in Higher-Education Students. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Maria E Ferrão,Leandro S Almeida
BACKGROUND The article focuses on the relationship between students' expectations and persistence in the context of higher education. It explores the role that high expectations play in increasing the probability of adult students' persistence, controlling for individual sociodemographic attributes, skills preparation, values, and commitments. METHOD A multilevel logistic model was applied to data
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Adolescents' Attitudes to Bullying and its Relationship to Perceived Family Social Climate. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 María V Moral,Anastasio Ovejero
BACKGROUND Adolescent attitudes towards bullying are determined by the interaction between individual characteristics and psychosocial development contexts such as the family environment. Our objective was to perform a psychosocial analysis of the differences in reported attitudes towards school bullying between peers according to a series of indicators of family social climate, such as perceived parental
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Web-based Training Program for Writing Instruction: Preservice Teachers' Beliefs Profiles and Their Satisfaction. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Rocío C Seoane,Juan E Jiménez,Nuria Gutiérrez
BACKGROUND Preservice teachers' satisfaction with online training should be considered to guarantee a successful e-learning experience. This study aims to determine whether preservice teachers' belief profiles influence their satisfaction with web-based training for teaching writing. METHOD To achieve this purpose, two main analyses were conducted: (1) validation of a satisfaction's scale through Confirmatory
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Perceived Attachment and Problematic Smartphone Use in Young People: Mediating Effects of Self-Regulation and Prosociality. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Clara López-Mora,Gustavo Carlo,Joy Roos,Sahitya Maiya,Juan González-Hernández
BACKGROUND Problematic use of smartphones is a challenge facing societies around the world. This phenomenon has been associated with negative socialization experiences through the impact they have on how the youth relates to their environment. This study was designed to examine parental and peer attachment, self-efficacy and prosocial reasoning as predictors of different attitudes towards online communication
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Perception of Health, Resilience, and Engagement in Spanish Police Officers During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Beatriz Talavera-Velasco,Lourdes Luceño-Moreno,Yolanda García-Albuerne,Jesús Martín-García
BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, the police force was one of the institutions that was most exposed to possible infections, in addition to suffering stressful situations that affect health. This study aims to independently assess the relationship between demographic, work, and COVID-19 variables, and resilience, engagement, and the perception of health, as well as to evaluate which variables
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Meta-analysis of the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Child Behaviour Problems. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Luis Valero-Aguayo,María Rodríguez-Bocanegra,Rafael Ferro-García,Lourdes Ascanio-Velasco
BACKGROUND Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a well-established treatment for behavioural, hyperactivity and oppositional-defiant problems in children. Previous meta-analyses are scarce, and they have tended to mix problems and measures. OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis study was conducted with all available studies on PCIT (1980 to 2020) to determine its specific efficacy and effectiveness for child
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Benefits of PsyCap Training on the Wellbeing in Military Personnel. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Eduardo Hernández Varas,Mónica García Silgo
BACKGROUND Psychosocial risks associated to the military life affect the performance and the psychological wellbeing of the military personnel adversely. However, Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is known to modulate positively these risks. The aim of this study is to test if a PsyCap-based training programme may enhance and shield the psychological wellbeing and PsyCap of the military personnel, benefiting
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Psychological Adjustment in Adult Adoptees: A Meta-Analysis. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Susana Corral,Marta Herrero,Nerea Martín,Ane Gordejuela,David Herrero-Fernández
BACKGROUND Little is known about the effect adoption status has on psychological adjustment (for instance, depression, anxiety, problem behaviour, or drug misuse) in adulthood. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to study the impact of adoption status on adult adoptees' psychological adjustment. METHOD The review included 18 quasi-experimental studies conducted between 1993 and 2019
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Adaptation of the Teacher Efficacy Scale to Measure Effective Teachers' Educational Practices Through Students' Ratings: A Multilevel Approach. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 María-José Lera,José-M León-Pérez,Paula Ruiz-Zorrilla
BACKGROUND There is an increasing evidence of the role that teachers' educational practices have for students' school achievement and their well-being. However, there is a lack of valid measures in Spanish to address effective educational practices based on students' perceptions. In response, this study aims to provide a valid, reliable scale for measuring educational practices in school settings:
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Spanish Validation of the Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS-24). Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Javier Saavedra,Antonio J Vázquez-Morejón,Raquel Vázquez-Morejón,Samuel Arias-Sánchez,Sergio González-Álvarez,Patrick Corrigan
BACKGROUND Recovery is an essential construct in healthcare treatment for patients diagnosed with severe mental illnesses (SMI). Of all the psychometric instruments available for measuring recovery, the 41-item Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) is the most widely used. Several brief versions have been proposed, including the 24-item version. In this study, the RAS-24 was adapted to European Spanish and
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A Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis of the South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS). Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Javier Esparza-Reig,Alejandro Guillén-Riquelme,Manuel Martí-Vilar,Francisco González-Sala
BACKGROUND The South Oaks Gambling Screen (SOGS) is one of the most widely used screening instruments for evaluating addiction to gambling. METHOD The main objective of this study is to analyze whether the SOGS is a reliable instrument and what characteristics of studies on the SOGS are linked to its reported reliability. RESULTS A meta-analysis was carried out with 63 studies including 65 independent
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A Reliability Generalization Meta-analysis of the Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Rubén López-Nicolás,María Rubio-Aparicio,Carmen López-Ibáñez,Julio Sánchez-Meca
BACKGROUND The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DOCS) is a well-established tool for assessing obsessive-compulsive symptomatology. A reliability generalization meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the average reliability of DOCS scores and how reliability estimates vary according to the composition and variability of samples, to identify study characteristics that can explain its variability
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Spanish Validation of the MAP-SR: Two Heads Better Than One for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 María P García-Portilla,Leticia García-Álvarez,Lorena de la Fuente-Tomás,Francesco Dal Santo,Angela Velasco,Leticia González-Blanco,Paula Zurrón-Madera,Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero,María T Bobes-Bascarán,Pilar A Sáiz,Julio Bobes
BACKGROUND There is little research on self-reported negative symptomatology measures in schizophrenia. The aims of this study were to validate the Spanish version of the Motivation and Pleasure Scale-Self-Report (MAP-SR) and determine the concordance between patient-reported outcome measures for reflecting the severity of negative symptoms of schizophrenia and clinician-rated outcome measures. METHOD
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The Effect of an Active Breaks Program on Primary School Students' Executive Functions and Emotional Intelligence. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Julián A Muñoz-Parreño,Noelia Belando-Pedreño,David Manzano-Sánchez,Alfonso Valero-Valenzuela
BACKGROUND Active breaks (ABs) (periods of physical activity during lessons) have demonstrated very positive results on executive functions (EFs) and emotional intelligence (EI). METHOD A sample of 166 Primary school students (83 students in the experimental group and 83 in the control) was involved in this study. The experimental group received 20 periods of weekly ABs (a period of 5-10 minutes, 3-5
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Early Prediction of Student Learning Performance Through Data Mining: A Systematic Review. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Javier López-Zambrano,Juan A Lara Torralbo,Cristobal Romero
BACKGROUND Early prediction of students’ learning performance using data mining techniques is an important topic these days. The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of the current state of research in that area. METHOD We conducted a literature review following a two-step procedure, looking for papers using the major search engines and selection based on certain criteria. RESULTS
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Risk Factors for Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents: Results of an International Delphi Panel. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Beatriz Benavente,Lluís Ballester Brage,Jordi Pich Solé,Noemí Pereda Beltrán
BACKGROUND Commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (CSECA) is a worldwide problem. The need to improve current detection and intervention protocols motivated this analysis, which aimed to use expert opinion to identify indicators (symptoms, conduct, or behaviors) that may help to predict the risk of suffering CSECA and to detect those who are suffering from it, as well as the type
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The Role of Meta-Cognitive Certainty on Pornography Consumption. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Borja Paredes,Luz Martínez,Ubaldo Cuesta,Pablo Briñol,Richard Petty,Lorena Moreno
BACKGROUND The Problematic Pornography Use Scale (PPUS) was originally designed to help predicting pornography consumption. Despite the frequency with which this scale is used in the scientific literature, there is still relatively little evidence regarding the predictive validity of this important instrument. This current research introduces a construct capable of improving the ability of the scale
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Positivity and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Explaining Health-Related Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Patients. Psicothema (IF 4.104) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Carmen Tabernero,Gian V Caprara,Tamara Gutiérrez-Domingo,Esther Cuadrado,Rosario Castillo-Mayén,Alicia Arenas,Sebastián Rubio,Bárbara Luque
BACKGROUND Psychological well-being and health-specific self-regulation have been associated with cardiovascular health. This study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationship of positivity and health-specific self-regulatory variables to health-related quality of life in patients with cardiovascular disease. METHODS A sample of 550 cardiac patients completed a number of instruments (positivity